The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 22, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
4:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.8° / 6.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.42° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.43° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.78° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.